Section 3: Search Strategies

Uniform Name in Subject Searching

The main reason that searching by subject is recommended for searching for information about a particular person is that the Uniform Name for people also applies to subject searching. So, just like for authors, if a person's name can be spelled in multiple ways (Mao Tse-tung / Mao Zedong) or if they go by a pseudonym (Samuel Clemens / Mark Twain), the entries will be linked.

The "More Info" button leads you to the correct form of the name in subject searching, just like it did in author searching.

Exercise Instructions Click on "More Info" to go to the Uniform Name for Bill Gates.


  




 
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